1850 graffiti?

This looks remarkably like 1850 carved into the tree, although of course, the tree is scared at the crucial point. Though looking at it closely, and feeling it, I am more convinced than not, that it is. That said, the beech canvas is not that big, though the letters have stretched, and their style and execution are old school, I've also seen old graffiti on young looking trees. There are so many variables, man, you'd be surprised. You can only really date wholly legible pieces. I'm still going with it being an earlier example of forest graffiti. I have to wonder how many of these older pieces were lost through earlier timber harvesting.